Handle-bar for cycles, &amp;c.



No. 690,464. I Patented Jan. 7, I902. F. SADLER.

HANDLE BAR FUR CYCLES, 81.6.

(Application filed Jan. 7, 1901.!

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK SADLER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PERCY JAMES HALL ROBINSON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

HANDLE-BAR FOR CYCLES, 800.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 690,464, dated January 7, 1902.

Application filed January '7, 1901.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SADLER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 15 Grays Inn road, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Handle-Bars for Cycles or Metor-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improve-' ments in handle-bars for cycles or motor-cars 5 and its object is to prevent the vibration of the cycle or motor-car being communicated to the hands when employed in steering, my invention being especially useful and beneficial when the cycle or motor-car is traveling over a more or less rough road.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown it in the accompanying drawings applied to the handle-bar of an ordinary cycle; but I do not in any manner wish to confine its use thereto.

Figure 1 shows one form of my invention in side elevation, a part of the casing, hereinafter referred to, being removed, so that more essential parts are brought into View; and Fig. 2 shows a plan View thereof, the top of the casing being removed for a similar purpose.

In carrying my invention into practice I fix to the top of the steering-rod or handle-bar pillarA a box or casing consisting of top and bottom plates a and four pillars or standards b. On top of the bottom plate and on the under side of the top plate I fix, preferably, fiat springs o of suitable strength and elasticity and of any desired form. To the handle-bar socket D, I attach a lever d,which lever passes between the springs c and fits snugly between the two pairs of pillars b, extending a sufficient distance beyond them. Atits extreme Serial No. 42,400. (No model.)

end said lever is pivotally attached tothe top end of a rod 6, the opposite end of which latter is pivotally attached to a clamp or equivalent f, which is rigidly attached to the steering-rod A, the result of this construction and arrangement being thatthe handle-bar is capable of a sufficient amount of vertical movement; but the pillars I) prevent any side or horizontal movement relatively to the steering-rod A. The springs c, which act as cushions to the handle-bar, are sufficiently elastic to absorb or take up the vibration of the steer in g-rod or handle-bar pillar A, and inasmuch as the standards I) are fixedly attached to the steering-rod said rod may be turned for the purpose of steering the cycle in exactly the same manner as hitherto.

For the purpose of preventing forward or rearward horizontal movement of the lever d I form said lever with projections, such as d, which latter fit between the pillars of each pair of pillars about as shown.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is=-- The combination of a post A having stand ards b and plates a the latter being supplied with springs o; the clamp f secured to the post A; the rod 6 pivoted to the clamp; and

the bar d pivoted to the rod and adapted to support the handle-bar, said bar d passing between and being supported by the springs c all for the purposes and substantially as set forth.

Dated this 22d day of November, 1900.

FREDERICK SADLER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES BAUER, HY. IMRIE. 

